Assigning static ip address
Tim Judd
tajudd at gmail.com
Thu Feb 12 13:08:56 PST 2009
Nikolaj Thygesen wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I've been experimenting and googling for hours w/ no luck. All I
> want to do is run dhcp and then replace the ip address of the
> interface with a new static ip afterwards. I've been looking at the
> /etc/dhclient.conf man pages, but they don't seem to help. I can do it
> from rc.conf like:
>
> ifconfig_em0="inet 1.2.3.4"
>
> but then I loose all the other dhcp parameters like dns and stuff. Is
> it really that hard???
>
> thanks - Nikolaj
Your rc.conf line is incomplete.
Even if that line was complete, your route would be missing
Your /etc/resolv.conf gets rewritten by dhclient every time it renews
the IP.
Given your rc.conf statement is incomplete, is why you lose 100%
connectivity.
Basic networking on a LAN (meaning: NO INTERNET) is IP address and subnet
basic networking ON the internet needs a router in addition to the above
full internet working needs DNS server in addition to the above.
You don't even hit the Basic w/out Internet.
Please either give details from rc.conf, or read it's manpage so we can
point you to the manpage again.
--Tim
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